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About
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/about/
The University Library holds internationally important collections of rare books, manuscripts and archives from as early as the twelfth century.
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Study uses bacteriophages to treat livestock as an alternative to antibiotics
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/june/study-uses-bacteriophages-to-treat-livestock-as-an-alternative-to-antibiotics
A new study has looked into using bacteriophages as an alternative to antibiotics to treat common infections in livestock.
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Research into agricultural revolution in AngloSaxon England sheds new light on medieval land use
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/may/research-into-2018agricultural-revolution2019-in-anglo-saxon-england-sheds-new-light-on-medieval-land-use
Researchers from our University will be shedding new light on how an ‘agricultural revolution’ in Anglo-Saxon England fueled the growth of towns and markets as part of a new project investigating medieval farming habits.
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Funding boost for sports at Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/january/25-funding-boost-for-sports-at-leicester
Sports funding womens lacrosse|Funding boost for sports at Leicester The University of Leicester has been granted around £17,000 to support new sporting initiatives.
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University of Leicester's Sports Grounds Team win prestigious award
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/november/02-sports-award
Professional excellence at the University is recognised with another national award
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Scrapbook exhibition
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2016/10/03/scrapbook-exhibition/
Posted by csampson in Library Special Collections on October 3, 2016 The latest exhibition in the Special Collections programme is on the theme of scrapbooks.
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University researchers show juices from damaged salad leaves massively stimulate Salmonella growth and salad leaf colonisation
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/university-researchers-show-juices-from-damaged-salad-leaves-massively-stimulate-salmonella-growth-and-salad-leaf-colonisation
Investigations by Leicester microbiologists have revealed that just a small amount of damage to salad leaves can massively stimulate the presence of the food poisoning bug Salmonella in ready-prepared salad leaves.
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People
https://le.ac.uk/victorian-studies/people
Browse a list of the academic and professional services staff working within the Victorian Studies Centre, and see their contact details.
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Study reveals widening inequalities and missed opportunities in heart failure diagnosis
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/november/heart-failure-inequalities-diagnosis-leicester
A major study by Leicester researchers investigating the diagnosis and outcomes of more than 400,000 people with heart failure has found that diagnostic investigations in primary care were below guideline standards
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A Promising Future: Convict Voyages to Western Australia by Kellie Moss
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/carchipelago/2014/10/06/a-promising-future-convict-voyages-to-western-australia-by-kellie-moss/
Posted by Emma Battell Lowman in Carceral Archipelago on October 6, 2014 During a recent research trip to the State Library of Western Australia I had the opportunity to examine the journal compiled by William Smith, Surgeon Superintendent, on board the Merchantman’s second...